Horse-collar attachment and protector



(No Model.)

H. LEREW. HORSE COLLAR ATTACHMENT AND PROTECTOR.

N0. 433,01Q. Patented July 29, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY LEREV, OF PERRY, IOVA.

HORSE-COLLAR ATTACHMENT AND PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,010, dated July 29, 1890.

Application filed August 8, 1889.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY LEREW, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Perry, in the county of Dallas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Horse-Collar Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

My invention consists in the construction and application of an attachment composed of a metal plate and a spring-clasp, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view, Fig. 2 a cross-section of the device, and Fig. 3 shows it applied to a collar as required for practical use.

A is a curved bar, made of wood or metal, and adapted in size and shape to lit in the groove on the outside and bottom of a horsecollar.

13 are springclasps, preferably made of steel, and adapted in size and shape to encircle and clasp fast to the bottom of a collar, as shown in Fig. 3. The ends of the springs are fixed to the bar A by means of rivets in such a manner that they will be in a plane extend ing at right angles to the bar A and the collar, to which they are applied.

C are leather straps inserted fastto the sprang-clasp to line it and to project beyond the ends to be taken hold of in opening the clasps.

To attach my device to a collar, I bend the free ends of the springs away from the re-enforcing bar, and then slip the springs around the rim of the collar and allow it to clasp hold of the collar as I relax my hold of the springs. The sprin will thus automatically fasten the complete device to-the collar, so that it will be retained in proper position on the collar until it is detached by pressin the clasp open and pulling the attachment oil. from the col lar.

The harness-hames placed on the collar will Serial No. 320,181. (No model.)

overlap the attachment and aid in keeping it in place while the collar is in use on a horse.

I am aware corrugated metal plates have been riveted to the lower portion of a horsecollar to restrict it from bending open too far and breaking. I am also aware that plates having clips projecting at right angles therefrom have been detachably connected with the inside lower end of a collar for the same purpose; but a plate adapted to fit in the groove and to engage the outside of a collar and provided with clasps to encircle the collar and flexible straps on the ends of the elasps for operating them are novel and greatly advantageous, in that the re-enforcing plate can be more readily applied and detached, and will, when applied, be in position to protect the collar from the pressure and wear of the hames and partially covered and fastened by the hames.

I claim as my invention- 1. An improved horse-collar attachment composed of a plate adapted in shape to fit the outside and lower closed end of a collar, a spring-clasp fixed to the centerof the plate to project at right angles and adapted to en-.

circle the collar, and a flexible strap fixed to the inside face of the clasp to project beyond the free end of the clasp, to apply in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

2. An improved horse-collar attachment composed of a plate adapted in shape to fit the outside and lower closed end of a collar, a spring-clasp fixed to the center of the plate to project at right angles and adapted to encircle the collar, and a flexible strap fixed to the inside face of the clasp to project beyond the free end of the clasp, and a corresponding clasp fixed to each end portion of the plate, to apply in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

HENRY LEREW. lVitnesses:

WM. MCLUEN, JOHN J. TROUTH. 

